Brunswick East
Blocked, burst or leaking in Brunswick East?
Blocked drains, burst pipes and leaks in Brunswick East, from the soldiers' estate to Fleming Park, passed to a licensed plumber day and night.
Plumbing in Brunswick East
Quarry fill and a soldiers' estate
A returned servicemen's housing area began here between the wars, identifiable by the Maori street names. Those houses are likely to keep original earthenware sewers about a century old, so cracked clay joints and roots are the usual finds.
An old stone quarry was filled in and became Fleming Park, home of the East Brunswick cricket and football clubs. Drains on land near the fill are likely to sit in ground that settles unevenly, so sagging or displaced pipe is confirmed with a camera before relining or digging is chosen.
Jobs in Brunswick East
Century old clay and settling ground
Blocked drains
Century old clay joints in the interwar soldiers' estate.
CCTV drain inspection
Sag and displacement checked in pipes near filled quarry ground.
Gutters and downpipes
Roof plumbing on heritage buildings with tiled roofs and ventilators.
What it costs: hot water replacement cost, gutter replacement cost, toilet installation cost
Brunswick East questions
Tip ground, tiled school roofs and old water pipe
Is digging near the old tip any different?
Yes. Another park is being formed over the former Brunswick tip, and ground there can settle and may hold buried waste. A drain dig nearby calls for care, a contamination check and an allowance for uneven pipe grades.
Does heritage control affect gutter work at the primary school?
Yes. Brunswick East Primary School is in the heritage overlay, with hipped and gabled terracotta tiled roofs and conical iron ventilators, so roof plumbing, gutter and downpipe work is likely to need a heritage permit and careful handling of the tiles.
What happens to galvanised water pipe this old?
It tends to rust from the inside, narrowing until pressure drops or a joint weeps. The leak is found and the corroded section replaced on the property side of the meter.
